Microsoft pulls out of UN software standards group over intellectual property rights of reference code used in the standards.
I really disagree with so called standards that require use of patented or otherwise encumbered reference software that was “donated” by one or more standards body members. The reason we have the internet today is because of open, freely copied, freely modifiable reference source code that implents well defined on-the-wire protocols and file formats.
The real reason Microsoft pulled out of that standards group was that heterogeneous cooperative software interaction is in direct opposition of their proprietary vendor lock in mode of thinking.
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